Seton Hall University - Galleon Yearbook (South Orange, NJ)

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to his work in the legislature for equal rights for all. As chairman of the Southern Elections Fund, a non-profit, non-partisan organization de- voted to providing financial and organization- al aid to progressive candidates for local of- fice in the eleven Southern States, Julian Bond feels that he is changing the color of Southern politics. Bond explained, The way to do that is not to go after the big jobs, but to concentrate on the little ones closer to the people. And if enough blacks can be elected on the grass- roots levels, it ' s bound to have a major impact on politics at the top. If the South is to be freed politically, it will have to be remade from the school board up. Objecting to the government ' s oppression of the poor, the old, and minority groups. Bond stated that only here do popular move- ments against the oppressed rise and fall as unsteadily as the moon. He also stressed the importance of man ' s awareness of social problems and current events, while calling for a re-evaluation of our political processes. 29

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Julian Bond Changes the Color of Politics by Liz Fadejew Julian Bond gives one the impression that he knows something about politics. He does. From the very beginning of his career, he ' s had a realistic initiation into the political game. Throughout his career. Bond was one of the first instrumental civil rights leaders of the sixties, one of the few blacks actually in elect- ed office, and today, is a leader in the wide- spread grass-roots movement to widen the black power base. After being elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1965, Bond was barred from taking office by members of the legisla- ture who objected to his statements on the draft and the Indochina War. After a year, he was finally seated when the U.S. Supreme Court overruled the Georgia House ' s action, and today he still serves in that legislature. In 1968, he led an insurgent delegation to Chicago for the Democratic National Conven- tion, charging that the regular delegation headed by Governor Lester Maddox was ex- cluding blacks from participation. His delega- tion succeeded in ousting half of the regular Maddox delegates, eliminating the unit rule that had stifled dissent at previous conven- tions. At the 1 972 convention, he seconded the nomination of peace candidate Eugene McCarthy and then went on to become the first black in history to be nominated for the vice-presidency, although he was too young to accept. Speaking to an attentive audience in the main lounge of the Student Center, Bond spoke on the topic, Changing the Color of Politics . He denounced the game of dirty poli- tics claiming, I belong to the finest body of men that money can buy. This type of humor is much like his stature — subtle, reserved, yet strong. To change the color of politics in the South today, Julian Bond is concentrating on grass- roots organizing and fund-raising, in addition

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by John Chrisostomou In early November, WSOU and the SPB presented a concert to a capacity crowd in the main lounge of the Student Center, featuring Terry Cashman and Tommy West. The concert was their first in four years, and their first stop during their east coast tour. Cashman and West appeared shortly after a per- formance by Mary McCaffrey who featured her own renditions of various Dylan, Beatle and other tunes. Her accompanying guitarist, Sal DeTroia, did an excel- lent solo of Paul Simon ' s Scarborough Fair to help round out a fine set before the main act for the evening was to appear. Cashman and West began what turned out to be a perfect concert with a tune called Song Man , which started out slow, and gradually increased its tempo. Their second tune was an acapella version of an old ' 50 ' s song Please Be My Girlfriend , which was fol- lowed in a medley fashion by their hit The King of Rock-n-Roll ' , whose lyrics tell about the early days of rock and Alan Freed. The concert quickly changed moods when Terry Cash- man sang the Tuna Fish Song which was on the humorous side, as indicated by the laughs and applause of the Seton Hall audience. Most of the songs in the concert were from their new album Life Song , which was also the title cut of the album as well as the encore. During the interview, Cashman and West were asked about their two-fold careers as producers and per- formers. They explained that they chose to produce in 1970, which led them to various successes, such as Jim Croce, Henry Gross and Jim Dawson. But they soon went back to the studio to do their own recordings. After releasing two albums which met with fair suc- cess they soon recorded Life Song. Since they strongly believed in their third album, they decided to go on the road to get some feedback from the audience. Terry Cashman said, If tonight was any indication we ' ll do it a lot more!